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18.12.2008, 22:32
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has expressed a wish to visit South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Nicaragua was the second state, after Russia, to recognise the independence of the two republics.
29.11.2008, 10:18
Georgia has announced it has broken off diplomatic ties with Nicaragua. The Central American state is the only country apart from Russia to recognise the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia following the Georgian war in August. Tbilisi’s links with
10.01.2007, 22:20
Daniel Ortega has been sworn in as Nicaragua's president for a five-year term. A former Marxist and critic of the US, Mr Ortega is back in power after 17 years out of office. His inauguration was attended by guests from 65 countries.
30.11.2009, 13:40
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Brazil’s President Lula is searching for peace in the Middle East. Hugging Iran’s Ahmadinejad and driving for dialogue with all the regional players, his talks have set Brazil into uncharted territory.
14.05.2010, 14:56
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Russia and Brazil have agreed to start moving toward using their own national currencies in trade between the two countries instead of using the dollar or the euro.
28.01.2009, 12:32
Amid economic meltdown, organisers of the World Social Forum – the polar opposite of the Swiss World Economic Forum – believe that their alternative vision has new resonance in Amazonian Brazil.
15.10.2010, 16:49
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The Venezuelan President has met with Russia’s leaders in Moscow, to hammer out agreements ranging from nuclear power, to arms trade and oil production.
15.10.2010, 15:55
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Moscow and Caracas stand for forming a fair world order that would not depend on the wishes and prosperity of just one country, President Medvedev said, following talks with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.
14.05.2010, 18:12
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Brazil’s president Lula's upcoming visit to Iran may be the last chance to come to an agreement with Tehran and avoid UN sanctions, President Medvedev has said. However, the chances for success are only 30%, he added.
25.09.2009, 15:11
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Words are mightier than swords when it comes to some world leaders who spoke at the UN this week. The charisma of the political figures many love to hate is stealing the spotlight from their more diplomatic colleagues.
Published: 18 December, 2008, 20:06
Edited: 23 January, 2010, 00:34
Nicaragua’s 63-year-old President Daniel Ortega is one of the most important and popular historical figures in his country, second only to legendary revolutionary Augusto César Sandino, with good chances of becoming #1.
Daniel is the most dangerous person in nicaragua, incluiding la chamuca, his wife. Both of them are taken nicaragua to the botton of the ocean. It is time to remove him.